The Peacekeepers lead me to the Justice Building. I sit down in a lavishly furnished room. My parents are my first visitors. Mother is weeping. She rushes over to me. "Glimmer? Why did you volunteer? You could've waited. Or… or never volunteered!" She was crying harder now. I looked at her. Taking a deep breath, I say, "Mother, I am tired of my life. I am tired of being a pretty girl, and nothing else. I want to do something with my life!" Mother just cries. It is my father's turn to speak. "I am proud of you, Glimmer. You have chosen your own path, decided on your own quest. I really hope you come home, daughter," he said. This was the most sentimental thing my father had ever said to me. He preferred to keep his emotions inside. We all hugged, which was something new to most of us. My mother was the one who hugged me and kissed my cheek before school every day. The peacekeeper comes in to collect my family. 'I love you' fills the room, as my parents are taken outside. The last thing I saw of them was what looked like a tear on my father's cheek. No, no, I thought, Father does not cry. I just imagined that. All my friends visited separately, except for the twins. Mariam told me I should be Career material, and to use my beauty as strength. Gem and Jewel tell me that they'll be rooting for me. Jewel promises to look after Lissi, and Gem promises to look after Mariam. Ana will look after all of them. Lissi stalks in. "Hi Lissi. Quite a reaping, huh?" I say awkwardly. Lissi glares at me. "Um, what's your problem, Lissi? I'm talking to you!" Lissi glares at me and angrily exclaims, "You know that I like-like Marvel Raquel! Now you're going to kill him. Why? Why is it that I never, ever get a happy ending huh?" Aghast, I take a step back. My goodbye is about to sting. "Lissi, I know you're probably too dumb to know this, but I can't control who gets reaped. What do you think I did? Do you think I volunteered to die just so I could kill your crush? You're such a ditz. You can leave now," I yell. Ana is my most emotional visitor. "Oh, Glimm. What ever will we do, without you? You will come back or at least try, won't you?" Ana asks meekly. This is the moment of truth. "Ana, listen. I don't know if I'll come back. I mean, if I come back it's either as a victor, or in a box." Ana begins to break. I hold her hand, and we hug for a while. Ana sits up and sniffs, "What happened with you and Lissi? She came out, and her face was Troika Tomato-like." I giggle the tiniest bit. "She's mad at me because she thinks I volunteered so I could kill Marvel, her "crush"." I crack up, remembering our conversation. Ana looks at me in disbelief. "Um, doesn't she have a crush on every 17 year old boy? She has like twenty boys to talk about after 3 hours of school," Ana mentions. "Yep, she didn't even say goodbye," I reply. "She's out of our group then," Ana declares. A Peacekeeper comes in. I hug Ana and she leaves. Some other kids come in, and a few teachers. Before I know it, I'm escorted towards the train to the Capitol.